Seduction And Death In Muriel Spark's Fiction, Vol. 107
Muriel Spark's works often consider the seductive and destructive power of social structures, such as religion and education. These structures lure Spark's characters with their promise of power. But after entering the structure's domain to exploit the mastery it offers, the characters are imprisoned by rules and codes. Through a postmodern reading of Spark's works, such as The Comforters (1957), The Public Image (1968), The Driver's Seat (1970), Reality and Dreams (1996), and Aiding and...
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Analyzes the seductive and destructive power of certain signs and structures in Spark's fiction.BooknewsApostolou (English, Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki) considers the writings of Scottish author Muriel Spark from a postmodern and poststructuralist point of view. Her analysis focuses "on the 'play' quality of Spark's writing and the seductive and destructive games associated with the process of construction." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsPrologue1Seduction and Death in Muriel Spark's Poetics12Textasy: Writing and Being Written - Or, Seducing and Being Seduced173Deadly Desires: The Inscription of the Body as Initiation into Narrative334Seduction of the Gaze: Spectacles and Images in The Public Image555Gold Rush - Or, All That Glitters Is Gold in The Takeover73Epilogue: Memento Mori?93Bibliography101Index123
\ BooknewsApostolou (English, Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki) considers the writings of Scottish author Muriel Spark from a postmodern and poststructuralist point of view. Her analysis focuses "on the 'play' quality of Spark's writing and the seductive and destructive games associated with the process of construction." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
